So Grafana should be running on port 3000 by default, now it’s time to connect ex.: http://localhost:3000 (use your host). Now click Data sources on left panel, then Add new on top panel and fill source data like below:

Because we didn’t set authorization for InfluxDB you may just type whatever login/password there. Now Test Connection and Save and you should be ready to play with Grafana.

I wanted/needed some statistics on few my machines. I saw earlier grafana and was impressed so this was starting point. Then I started reading about graphite, carbon and whisper, and then… I found InfluxDB. Project is young but looks promising.

Let’s start! On project page there is no info about repo but it’s available, configure it:

You may adjust port to whatever suits you best. database sets InfluxDB database used to store collectd data, and typesdb is file from collectd package defining collectd metrics structure (this is location for Debian) – so you have collectd service installed earlier.

Now you may check if InfluxDB is working fine by connecting to web admin panel, by standard on port 8083.

I wanted/needed some statistics on few my machines. I saw earlier grafana and was impressed so this was starting point. Then I started reading about graphite, carbon and whisper, and then… I found InfluxDB. Project is young but looks promising.

Installation of collectd is easy on Debian because packages are in default repo. One problem is that packages may be old, ex. on wheezy it version 5.1. But in backports/backports-sloppy you may find current 5.5, so enable backports first: